hello and welcome to our team have past the hour here's a quick recap of your headlines. from russia and china at the u.n. as they block a resolution supporting the use of force against the syrian regime as fierce clashes continue across the country with rebel fighters managing to seize all four border crossings where they're wrong and want into turkey. i worry crowds are met with rubber bullets and gas and spain public events frustration at the country's policy of more cuts but sure it is trying to slash sixty five billion euros from its budget and then return for bank rescue by the e.u.

. also the standoff between israel and iran reaches new heights as well now accuses iran's ally as well all of attacking israeli tourists in bulgaria and killing six people. up next my colleague bill dodd speaks to russia's ambassador to the u.n. in an exclusive interview with our t.v. it's all been explained what was behind a veto of the resolution on syria and why the conflict could spread beyond that country's borders. russia and china have vetoed the latest western backed draft resolution on syria at the u.n. security council and joining us live now is one of the many raised his hand in that know the vote was his envoy to the world body of attorney chicken mr churkin russia's decision to veto this latest resolution has caused consternation and widespread criticism of moscow's stance is russia supporting the assad regime.

of course not about what needs to be done in order to settle the crisis unfortunately the strategy of our western colleagues too seems to be to try to whip up down in and around syria at every opportunity and this time they took the occasion of the need to extend the mandate of the monitoring mission. in syria and attached a number of unacceptable clauses to their draft resolution so we needed to. talk together was unacceptable draft to a lot more space to work on the document which was adopted the. foreign minister of of countries of the so-called action group which is that which calls for setting up a transitional national body and that requires of course dialogue between various parties so in this context to introduce

a resolution which would only imperil pressure and almost inevitable sanctions on the syrian government did not look like a good idea to us at all and there were. blocked a decision which in our view was gone the counterproductive so moscow not supporting the assad regime but america britain and france say that russia has failed the syrian people today how how do you react to that. well you know. there are quite good and bad and loud. i think what they have been doing in criticizing russia and china and some sometimes quite stridently today it was the british and the french. who went out of their way unfortunately all sorts of false false holds on the foreign policies of russia and china they should focus more. on the need to. help unfortunately they have done anything at all in order to set them train a productive positive process in syria instead they have been working.

with the so-called friends of syria in fact the. this is a group of countries who are enemies of the syrian government i wouldn't call them enemies of the syrian people but certainly those who want to topple the syrian government this regarding the consequences which are extremely tragic which such policy in the dales because the government or president our side it's not simply one individual or a group of individuals they represent of course a certain segment of the of the syrian population a certain power structure which has existed there for decades so to break it would cause and is causing trying to break a considerable trouble and bloodshed to reform and through dialogue this would be a much more reasonable a line of action and this is what russia has been advocated dialogue hasn't achieved anything so far is that now an overwhelming global sentence is something

has to be done to stop the killing of innocent people and what about intervention on humanitarian grounds is that it acceptable to moscow moscow is very concerned about chapter seven i don't want to get into technical does it protect chapter seven leading to perhaps military intervention but what about some form of intervention to stop the killing. well in a way the money group which. have been playing is a way of of a sort of political intervention in trying to a practical intervention and trying to deter violence unfortunately it hasn't happened it hasn't been successful i mean you said the dialogue has not achieved anything the problem is that the dialogue has not started yet the opposition groups refuse to enter into dialogue where they sit with the syrian government which says it is prepared for dialogue they should try that all four of the syrian government to enter into dialogue and this is a major mason missing link a major impediment in the way of coffee and an activity you know humanitarian

intervention unfortunately it only sounds humane but the fact of the matter is that any military intervention for whatever reason is inevitably going to cause more bloodshed bloodshed and you know we know that those greatest humanists in the world u.s. and u.k. intervened in iraq for instance citing all sorts of noble protects in that particular case nonexistent weapons of mass destruction what of course there is a one hundred fifty fifty thousand civilian deaths alone to say nothing of you know millions of refugees displaced persons and the whole dislocation in the country so don't be duped by committee and human in communitarian rhetoric there is much more geopolitics in their policy in syria than of humanism and unfortunately the practical consequences of the of their policy is that that the conflict and bloodshed is not abating you mention geopolitics and understand that you mention

the fact that what's happening in syria is actually a name don't what's going to happen in iran eventually can you explain that that iran is the eventual goal i don't know why. i did refer to iran but in a slightly different context i wouldn't rule out that then they will move or move on to iran but. was not referring to that i was in my remarks of the stakeout earlier today in the united nations i was referring to their clear interest and this is a major motivation of the policy and their effort to topple president assad in curbing iranian influence. in the middle east in that region and it's also a major motivation of the other middle eastern the fighters for democracy saudi arabi and qatar who are concerned about what they see iranian interests of course in bahrain as well they claim that she approaches there is a sort of iranian sponsored even though some observers including your colleagues

journalists who have experienced on the ground believe that it happens to be genuine protest. against a system which is not entirely democratic to put it mildly so clear a geo political dimension is there in the policies of a number of countries who are extremely aggressive these are the syria and it is nothing to do with the interests of the syrian people because the ceiling who need is to find yes can i ask you though what is the worry for moscow will these geo political implications which you've explained so clearly why is more you know we are not it well not in what way could moscow be effective we are not what it about . well we're not what are the geopolitical implications of sort of that particular saying even though we believe that the greater confrontation with iran is hurting. is unnecessary and of course we are directly involved in efforts to

resolve peacefully the problem of the iranian nuclear program and. the growing tension between iran and the west and it is it is not it's not it's not helpful our concern is that the syrian people have to suffer the consequences of this geopolitical geopolitical struggle and our concern is that the focus of everybody's policy must be the benefit of the syrian people and the only way they can put an end to this tragic conflict is to get to the negotiating table and the ground there is a document which which was a consensus document adopted by the group of action foreign ministers in geneva two and a half weeks ago which says that at the incisional national border needs to set up to be set up and it cannot be set up by by sanctions it cannot be set up by more pressure on just one side of the syrian government which is claiming that it is

ready for their locus there's a need that it's representative for such a dialogue but so far the interest from their position is not there and we see extreme opposition groups are in the position groups resorting to more and more violence and even terrorist attacks like the one we saw yesterday in the masters this is not to say. the syrian government has not exhorter it has not resorted to excessive violence of the times or made very serious mistakes and blunders over the months but the time to end that unless we wanted to continue for years is to enter into dialogue. russia has really stuck by its principles of intervention is it not there. in danger of being isolated bearing in mind the continual vetoing of the sanctions in the un security council and of course the supplying of military hardware to syria all the most of course says that this is not being used against civilians but this what's it do for russia's reputation and indeed its relations

after this crisis is over. well we'll see we'll see i think doing the right of the right thing and not simply following somebody is a. catastrophic policy is something which makes makes me proud is something which eventually will be borne out of the right course of action on the right policy. under these very difficult circumstances and. if i'm not mistaken the united states has cost sixty vetoes on the palestinian issue alone so why don't you. question my american colleagues about the impact of the image of the united states in the middle east of the continuous middle sometimes even between their own presidential and secretary of state public statements so it all is a part of the u.n. charter there is nothing wrong about casting it when you feel the need to do so can

we talk about what happens next now no agreement in the u.n. security council but russia has said that they would like to see an extension of the u.n. observer mission to syria but at the moment as a visible impact so far what is the point in keeping the mission alive when so far it's failed. what the world would be the point of the other part was saying that at least we have a more chance to get objective information if it's there or if the situation we have to improve there will be on the ground already so they will be able to participate more actively in the in the political process and also in the in dealing with a humanitarian situation so pulling them all to is going to entail negative consequences and one to avoid that unfortunately now here on we seem to be undergoing another sort of little diplomatic battle now we're going to have a discussion about making it the technical role without loading it with political conditions and implications thank you very much indeed we will leave it there

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a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on. a double veto from russia and china thank you when as they walk. as aleutian supporting the use of force against the syrian regime has fierce clashes continue across the country with rebel fighters managing to seize all four border crossings with iraq and one into turkey. angry crowds are met with rubber bullets and tear gas in spain us the public events frustration on the country's policies and more cuts hundred is trying to slash sixty five billion euros from its budget in return for bank rescue private and you. also the standoff between israel and iran reaches new heights israel now accuses iran's ally has pulled off attacking israeli tourists in bulgaria and killing six people. paul is next with the sport.

thank you very much karen welcome along to the world of sports here is what we've got coming up great scott prostrating and adam scott the cars of course record equalling sixty four to have a one stroke lead after the first round of the open royal lytham and sometimes. not in condition rafael nadal says he's unable to defend his a limp a title at the london games. meanwhile a medal hopes our team continues to build up to those fast approaching games by taking a look at russia's athletic squad. but let's start with gulf where australian adam scott sits top of the leaderboard heading into the second round of the open at royal lytham and st annes in england the thirty two year old world number twelve

has never won a major scored a cool record including sixteen for iraq on an even going to day display on his heels though are american zach johnson and scotland's paul lawrie the pair just a short behind on private under well bubba watson this season's masters champion stormed out the leaderboard on sixteen strides but. it's nice just to take advantage of conditions today it was surprising but very pleasing to go play some solid golf. but i haven't done the first rounds of the majors this year and that was my goal ariely starting the way i was to. play it like it was sunday and there was no tomorrow so i did a good job but. now i've got my work cut out for me the next couple days to keep myself in a similar position now to football where angie have started a european campaign with a victory over hundreds of hungry this in the europa league second qualifying round

the match was held at the south and stadium just outside moscow after you wait for them from losing their home ground saying dr stan was too dangerous because he thinks men didn't appear to miss homecoming but white dominated the game will take only a one nil lead into the second leg of the past after a deflected use a live shot and then the win. while today is the first day of the new look russian premier league season a brand new tournament beginning in july and finishing in may kicks off with a clash between locomotive. hosts enjoying their debut in the top flight after finishing second half an hour of last season. by one man who is expected to be in the country to watch some of those opening matches is far beyond capello reports claim he's back in moscow to finalize the details on the contract which will see him take over the russian national side however it appears that capello may not have been the first choice of sport minister tollywood he's quoted as saying jos a

marine is the best manager in the world and it's unfortunate. dritte the official did however praise capello's experience saying that the sixty six year old has the relevant skills to make significant progress with russia former national team manager guus hiddink also giving his not of approval to the italian. russia will get with it for be a very good very experienced coach and i think around him there will be very experienced in russian coaches who can give a lot of information to him. but if you look at this. then it's one of the most successful coaches ever in the world of the world in the last decade. meanwhile former presidential candidate mohamed bin hammam has seen his lifetime ban from football overturned by the court of arbitration for sport cas saying there was insufficient evidence to support feed his accusation the bin

hammam attempted to buy votes ahead of last year's presidential election the sixty three year old ran against the eventually reelected sept blatta last year the qatari was banned for life from taking part in any football related activity on a national and international level been a man's initial appeal was rejected by fee for the court of arbitration for sport and eventually overturned the ban officials in switzerland stressing that they lacked sufficient evidence to uphold the ruling although stating this was no affirmative finding of innocence in relation to the bin. meanwhile liverpool saying they will only sell strike andy carroll if a worthwhile offer is received for the twenty three year old liverpool splashed out around thirty five million pounds on the england international just over eighteen months ago he struggled at anfield scoring only six league goals in the time the manager brendan rodgers is against loaning him out has had initially been suggested his former club newcastle are thought to be weighing up their next move after an

initial build walls. now in n.b.a. jeremy lin has been unveiled the houston rockets player the twenty three year old point guard has agreed a three year twenty five million dollars deal with the franchise after becoming a free agent following his ascent to stardom with the new york knicks. it's been. just a lot of. things that i expect to happen in in terms of just the way last season when you know i still have to kind of remind myself that this is this is actually happening sometimes but it's a huge blessing from god and i just i can't believe how it all shaped up in for me to be here right now def we excited and thankful. now to the tour de france where i have a very valid verdes of spain was fastest at the seventeenth and last climbing stage of the race but britain's at bradley wiggins has moved a step closer to overall victory the thirty two year old team sky ride i had

a two minute advantage heading into the stage and with the final day of the race on sunday wiggins knew with the avoid mistakes then he would move a step closer to becoming britain's first winner in the event's one hundred ninety history the current needed came behind as compared to it and to make chris froome the result keeps him in the yellow jersey two minutes and five seconds ahead of through my remarks by need of our virgin celebrated the stage victory to mark his return to the race after a three year. thank . you. now to the olympics and a rough on the dar has pulled out of the defense of his title the spanish tennis star was due to be the flag bearer for his country in london the world number three one gold in beijing four years ago but he won't be defending his title this summer because of fitness issues the doll stating he was not the. six year old has claimed

to lose a second wimbledon to the then one hundred lukas rosol. elsewhere let's continue our look at those russian athletes best place to bring home some silverware athletics has long provided a stream of success for both the u.s.s.r. and russia at the games but how the current crop shaping up michael crap shanker reports. with forty seven sets of medals on offer from athletics disciplines at the london olympics it's no wonder russia is counting on the athletics team for success they'll be heading to london with one hundred nine strong team three more than in beijing four years ago and they'll be accompanied by forty nine coaches and staff thinking with chances today explain the you that to be fair chance is an approximately six and go for. this especially in the wins so to remembrance rising star because it will also be heading to london after some truly surprising results early in the air and despite being modest catarina is as excited

as anyone heading to their first olympics minister but then of course i'm thinking about it i'm also still very young and my opponents will all be so mature and experienced but i'll be trying my best but i think many eyes will be on the four by one hundred meter and four by four hundred meter relay races russia managed to win gold and silver respectively in these two events back in two thousand and eight and despite the added pressure some are still just happy to be a part of the it's a celebration for any athlete to be a part of history a part of the olympics and to return from it with a medal well that's probably what not just any athlete would wish for but any person but well see. that led expression was however keen to point out that there were other events russia would have a good chance in very strong words like for way for college majors in race stronger and stronger winds and. chemistry and

destroying you can good chances in jumping events especially high jump hopes will lie mainly on recently crowned russian high jump champion irina garvey ever she didn't want to jinx herself prior to the games but a sparkle was in our eyes i'm not saying anything is a secret secret but you are expecting a breakthrough result. the games. well i'm really really hoping for one yes so the mood within team rushes athletics team is upbeat and with a shiny new kit to perform in will be sure to dazzle the crowds at the biggest sporting event in the world mike griffin r.t. . now finally an ice hockey and last year's cage runners up haven't got traded one finnish coach for another the hawks parting ways with romo suman replacing him with compared to petrie might occur and then the forty five year old taking over an impressive squad which last

just two postseason contests on route to league are in cup finals last year the hawks eventually coming up short of the nailbiting seven game series the former finland national team assistant coach who we hope can go one better this time between heading to their final for their first pre-season training camp next week. well that is all from the world of sports now there's plenty more later here on r.t. the world weather is next. the for. wealthy british. markets. opening to the global

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